[identity profile] makyo.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
The mathematician and comedian Matt Parker has some further analysis here, where he calculates the awesomeness of this event at approximately 2.2 kilo-Alderaans of awesome.

[identity profile] strawberryfrog.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
A gigantic nuclear furnace.